Sean O’Bradaigh grew up in a world of Manhattan privilege, but private schools and ski vacations have nothing on the dream of ...

The undocumented parents of a 10-year-old US citizen whose family was removed to Mexico say they are desperately ...

Welp, it was a good run, anyway. Since 2009, Don Diamont had thrilled us on the daily as Bill Spencer, arguably the most ...

Optical illusions may make you feel like a fool, but you could be able to train your brain to resist them. “It is very likely that people from the general population have the capacity to be trained to ...

Parenting skills can make a big difference in fostering a newborn's language acquisition and cognition, but there may be a limit to how far parenting can go to make up the challenges to developing ...

A multidisciplinary team of researchers at Georgia Tech has discovered how lateral inhibition helps our brains process visual ...

I’m captivated by my new personal health tracker, a Christmas gift from my husband. It’s fascinating to know my heart rate, respiration, activity, readiness and stress levels at any moment. Yet it’s ...

A brain transmuted into glass by the famous volcano should have been impossible. Some scientists say it still is.

Science has published two studies, led by an Ikerbasque researcher at the Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience and ...

When you’re diagnosed with brain cancer, learning as much as you can about it can help you choose the best treatment for you. This guide shows you the basics on the types of brain cancer and how ...

Dr. Ashwini Nadkarni, a board-certified psychiatrist and assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, said prolonged social media use can trigger changes in the brain similar to those seen in ...

A man's brain was partly turned into glass after ... Image: The archaeological site of Herculaneum with Mount Vesuvius visible in the background. Pic: Reuters/Pier Paolo Petrone He added: "The ...